News
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GSK global ad deal
Tuesday | Oct 9 2018GLAXOSMITHKLINE Consumer Healthcare has awarded its global media account to advertising agency Publicis Media, with the company estimated to spend over $1.5 billion on promotion annually.
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Drug shortages
Tuesday | Oct 9 2018DRUG shortages continue to plague the pharmacy business, with the Therapeutic Goods Administration alerting pharmacists to more products in short supply.
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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Oct 9 2018
09 Oct 18"DRUNK birds were 'totally a thing'," US National Parks Service ranger Sharon Stiteler told KMSP-TV, when explaining what had alarmed some Minnesota residents.
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Advertising code changes
Monday | Oct 8 2018KEY changes to the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2018 are likely to be in place as soon as next month, with the aim of providing advertisers with "the clarity they need to apply the code correctly".
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Strepfen advertising ban
Monday | Oct 8 2018PHARMACY point-of-sale advertising comparing Reckitt Benckiser's Strepfen with iNova's Difflam has been permanently barred, with the Federal Court last Fri finalising proceedings in a case brought by iNova earlier this year alleging misleading or deceptive conduct.
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New stroke trial
Monday | Oct 8 2018HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has announced $1 million in funding for a trial of perispinal etanercept, a new drug treatment which aims to help stroke victims recover faster.
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Gardasil 9 expanded
Monday | Oct 8 2018THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Gardasil 9 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 9-valent Vaccine to now include women and men aged 27 to 45 years.
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Not so Clear & Simple
Monday | Oct 8 2018PREGNANCY test company Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech, in conjunction with the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, has announced a recall of one lot of faulty Clear & Simple Digital Pregnancy Tests following the tests producing a small number of false positive results.
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NZ pharmacy licensing
Monday | Oct 8 2018NEW Zealand's Medsafe regulator has encouraged pharmacies to submit licence renewal applications at least one month before expiry of their current licence, after reports that some pharmacies have refused to dispense prescriptions due to delays in renewal processes.
